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Djokovic storms into US Open last 16
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Defending champion Novak Djokovic stormed into the US Open last 16 as Andy Roddick stretched his long goodbye into a prime-time showdown with fellow former champion Juan Martin Del Potro.
US experts probe beaching that killed 17 whales
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» US scientists are to investigate what led 22 whales to beach themselves in Florida -- killing 17 of them -- one of three such incidents in North America over the weekend.
Founder of Pirate Bay website held in Cambodia
Published on 03/09/2012
» PHNOM PENH : A co-founder of a top Swedish torrent file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, who is on an international wanted list, has been arrested in the Cambodian capital at Stockholm's request, police said Sunday.
Bloody assault on village, blasts hit Syria capital
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Troops killed more than 20 people Sunday in a blistering raid on a central village, a watchdog said, while twin blasts rocked Damascus and a town near Syria's second city Aleppo was hit by air strikes.
Unification Church founder Moon dies at 92
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Sun Myung Moon, the self-styled messiah from South Korea who founded the Unification Church famed for its mass weddings and business empire spanning cars to sushi, died Monday at the age of 92.
Lufthansa cabin crew to hold fresh strike Tuesday
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Cabin staff at German airline Lufthansa will hold a fresh strike which is expected to have a bigger impact than recent walkouts, their union said Sunday.
Mass Myanmar monk rally backs anti-Rohingya plan
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Hundreds of Buddhist monks marched in Myanmar Sunday to support President Thein Sein's suggestion that Muslim Rohingya be deported or held in camps, in the biggest rally since the end of junta rule.
Adriano strike sinks Valencia to keep Barca top
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Barcelona maintained their winning start to the season with a fine strike from Adriano Correia giving them a 1-0 victory over Valencia in La Liga action on Sunday.
Coca-Cola available but expensive in N. Korea: defectors
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Coca-Cola has been available at private markets in North Korea for more than a decade even if the US soft drink maker has not opened business in the communist state, defectors from the North said Saturday.
France and Russia draw old swords at 1812 battle
AFP, Published on 03/09/2012
» Thousands of mounted French and Russian actors recreated a 200-year-old battle at the gates of Moscow that led to the fall of Napoleon and the rise of Russian patriotic fervour.